Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces multiple problems. The main one is improving the lives of
the 30% of its population that suffers from extreme poverty and food insecurity. As more than …

Ecosystem services have received increasing attention in life sciences, but only a limited
amount of quantitative data are available concerning the ability of weeds to provide these …

Weed competition is a major constraint in all the rice production systems in Africa. In addition
to the costs of weed control, weeds account for yield losses estimated to be at least 2.2 …

Most agricultural landscapes are a mosaic of farmers' fields, semi-natural habitats, human
infrastructures (eg, roads) and occasional natural habitats. Within such landscapes, linear …

This chapter discusses pre-and postharvest insect pests in rice and reviews approaches to
reduce quantitative and qualitative losses incurred along the rice value chain in the context …

Three common species viz., Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, Menochilus sexmaculatus
Fabricius and Brumoides suturalis Mulsant were found in cereals, pulses and vegetable …

Weeds are major constraints to rice production in labor-limited, upland rice-based systems
in Kaffa zone, Southwestern Ethiopia. The effects of weeding time on yield and yield …

At a time when biodiversity is being lost at an unpre ce dented rate because of human
activity, much research effort has been spent on assessing the importance of biodiversity for …

New Dimensions in Agroecology explores the latest developments in the emerging science
of agroecology, focusing on how these new concepts and cutting-edge tools will help meet …

在因人类活动而导致生物多样性, 以前所未有的速度丧失的时代, 大量研究是致力于评价生物
多样性对生态系统功能和持久性的作用, 以及提供生态系统服务的重要性 …